KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $15.943 billion during the week ending Feb 20 compared to $16.036bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The SBP reserves decreased by $119 million to $11.075bn from $11.194bn, and the other banks’ holdings were $4.868bn as compared to $4.842bn.

During the week, the SBP made payments of $161m on account of external debt servicing and other official payments, including $136m payment under Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to International Monetary Fund (IMF); however, it received $43m from multilateral, bilateral and other sources.

Published in Dawn, February 27th, 2015

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